Discusses the creation and design of a course which concentrated solely on English vocabulary derived from Latin which was to be taught to deaf students at Gallaudet College. Stanford Achievement Test results showed that a majority of the students benefited remarkably from one semester of Latin vocabulary. (SED)

Describes a study which compared the effects of three types of adult feedback (acceptance, correction with joint labelling, and correction with explanation) on young children's inappropriate word usage. Findings showed that correction with explanation was more effective than correction with joint labelling, which was more effective than simple…

Studied 54 kindergarten children to investigate whether a common cognitive capacity underlies both homonym understanding and conservation status. Results indicated conservation status is significantly related to homonym understanding, over and above the rate of the child's general vocabulary level. (Author/CI)

Some salient characteristics of words that facilitate or inhibit their recall and eventual use in a foreign language, including phonological shape, grammatical category, and functional aspects such as meaning and affective value, are examined and their pedagogical implications are discussed. (MSE)

Contributors describe two classroom activities for secondary school reading students: a study-reading technique and a vocabulary game. (AEA)

Presents additional games and puzzles designed to introduce students to the language of computers and video games. (AEA)

First, third, and fifth graders master advanced vocabulary through a principal's "word for the day" strategy. Volunteer students look up the word in the dictionary, write the definition on the board, use it in a sentence, and create a poster. Retention is periodically tested and prizes awarded for top performance. (MJL)

Describes the use of the pieces and movements of chess to teach French vocabulary of direction and motion. (CHK)

this publication is the second in the Research-Based Practices in Early Reading Series published by the Regional Educational Laboratory at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning. Of the many compelling reasons for providing students with instruction to build vocabulary, none is more important than the contribution of vocabulary knowledge…

This study investigated the effects of dictionary use on the vocabulary learning strategies used by intermediate college-level Spanish learners to understand new vocabulary items in a reading test. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: control (without a dictionary), bilingual dictionary (using a Spanish-English dictionary),…

This research addressed vocabulary knowledge, which refers to the understanding of words, the overall ideas and concepts being communicated, and the ability to use those words in the appropriate context. The targeted population consisted of students in kindergarten, first grade, and fourth grade. An analysis of School Improvement Plans revealed a…

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of read alouds on eighteen second graders' vocabulary acquisition and comprehension when listening to stories with and without companion texts. Following each reading session, the students were required to complete a 100 word cloze comprehension test, as well as a brief vocabulary test based on…

Creating a searchable multimedia teacher-education database requires a thesaurus control language for categorizing and labeling sequences in multimedia artifacts. This language must be based on a conceptual hierarchy that is authentic to teacher educators and teachers, and also capable of meeting the constraints of computer programmers. The…

Inadequate self-concepts develop due to being a poor and insecure reader. Any company invests time and money wisely if it provides individuals opportunities to develop needed reading skills at the workplace. There are selected prerequisites for reading instructors to stress when teaching at the workplace: (1) the instructor needs to have basic…

A study compared the effects of words in isolation (WI) and words in context (WC) instruction on the word learning and retention of word meanings of 11 average readers from a multi-age classroom (grades 4 and 5). To investigate whether WC instruction improved a child's ability to use context cues to determine the meaning of an unknown word…